Cox-maze IV results for patients with lone atrial fibrillation versus concomitant mitral disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 789-795

  Saint, Lindsey L ^a   Bailey, Marci S ^a   Prasad, Sunil ^a   Guthrie, Tracey J ^a   Bell, Jennifer ^a   Moon, Marc R ^a   Lawton, Jennifer S ^a   Munfakh, Nabil A ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^a   Damiano, Ralph J ^a   Maniar, Hersh S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AF; ATA; atrial fibrillation; atrial tachyarrhythmia; CI; CMIII; CMIV; confidence interval; Cox Maze III; Cox Maze IV; IABP; intraaortic balloon pump; LA; left atrial; left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF; mitral valve; MV; New York Heart Association; NYHA; odds ratio; OR; pacemaker; PM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX MAZE IV; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857582417     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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